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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by pmorici on Monday July 07, 2008 @07:43PM (#239333)
"when you see period documents that talk about "hemp""

Good point I read some place that the reason people originally wanted to out law marijuana was in order to make it illegal to grow hemp which was competing with their cotton crop. So really this all just started out as a government enforced monopoly to please some corporate fat cats.

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Re:Pothead Ph.D. - This is most definitely not a cautionary ... by evgen on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @12:03PM (#239980)
While that theory has some support, I would also suggest that you not discount the synergistic effect of the popular association between marijuana and that "scary" jazz/beatnik scene which probably seemed quite threatening to the dominant culture of the time.
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